Emily (Marketing), Julie (Membership) and Pauline (Director) helped out in Southend this morning (Sun 4th Dec) at the Clean Up event organised by The Marine Conservation Society.
The event, which happens on a quarterly basis helps to fight for a cleaner, better protected and healthier ocean so that everyone can enjoy the beaches on both Southend’s and Essex’s stunning coastline.
“Pollution has been reported to be one of the five main drivers of the current biodiversity crisis, threatening 37% of marine mammals with extinction.” The Marine Conservation Society.
Marine pollution is diverse, from tiny fibres which shed from clothes, to chemicals washed down the sink. Pollutants, including plastic, chemicals and bacteria travel from our towns and cities to our seas, as well as from activities directly in our ocean. If we don’t tackle pollution at source, these highly persistent chemicals and plastics will continue to increase in our ocean causing untold damage. That’s where volunteers and events like this come in!
Emily, Julie and Pauline joined another 18 volunteers to help to clean Jubilee Beach, in the heart of Southend and collected 7kg of rubbish between the three of them, consisting of drinks cans, plastic sweet wrappers, straws and even a hairbrush.
Julie and Pauline working their way along the coastline
If you’d like to get involved in future events with us, please visit our events page, or to find out more about Ocean Pollution and future beach cleans, visit the Marine Conservations Society website.
Photo shows Debbie (Marine Conservation Society & Organiser) with Julie, Emily and Pauline